تباشیر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian تباشیر (tebâšir, “chalk, clay; bamboo sugar”), ultimately from Sanskrit तवक्षीर (tavakṣīra, “tabasheer”).

Alternative forms

Noun

تباشیر • (tebâşir or tebeşir) (definite accusative تباشیری (tebeşiri), plural تباشیرلر (tebeşirler))

  1. tabasheer, a translucent, white substance obtained from the nodal joints of some species of bamboo
  2. chalk, a piece of chalk or processed gypsum that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard
Derived terms
  • اكمكجی تباشیری (ekmekci tebeşiri, “baker's score”)
  • تباشیر تخته‌سی (tebeşir tahtası, “blackboard”)
  • تباشیرلو (tebeşirli, “marked with chalk”)
  • تباشیره پنیر باقشلو (tebeşire penir bakışlı, “dumb, silly”, literally “who looks at chalk as if it were cheese”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: tebeşir
  • → Albanian: tebeshir
  • → Aromanian: tibishire
  • → Bulgarian: тебеши́р (tebešír)
  • → Greek: τεμπεσίρι (tempesíri)
  • → Romanian: tibișir

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic تَبَاشِير (tabāšīr), plural of تَبْشِيرَة (tabšīra).

Noun

تباشیر • (tebâşir)

  1. (uncountable) good news, glad tidings, something or someone pleasant, fortunate, or otherwise positive
    Synonym: مژده (müjde)
Descendants
  • Turkish: tebaşir

Further reading

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